The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-01-26
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.


AGRICULTUHAL NOTES.
Among the Vegetables, Fruit, Xiv.
stock and Poultry.
The proper weight for turkey for til,
table, is said by old marketmen to be eigh
pounds.
Lay in your stock Of seeds for mex
spring now. Every preparation should b,
made before the busy season opens in tn
spring. W
Cows that have no bedding are Otter
injured in the knees by getting up ant
down, especially if the floors be wet ant
slippery.
Beets and parsnips may be kept fresl
through the winter by packing in sand
This preset yes their flavor and keeps them
from drying up.
Kerosene will cure the scaly legs on fowls.
Annoint the legs once week with kerosene
for three or four weeks and the legs will be.
come perfectly clean.
good way to kill out sorrel is to salt the
sheep on IL Care should be taken never
to allow the sorrel to seed, as it can be car
ried to other points in the manure.
Do not sacrifice your best lambs and ewes
because the butcher offers an extra price
but retain them for breeding purposes, first
securing pure bred male for grading up.
The English sparrow has become suclr q
nuisance in South Australia that the farmers
are petitioning the Commissioner Of Public
Works for Government legislation to rid the
country Of them.
Use the SCOT from the stovepipes and
chimneys. II is excellent for flowers and
young plants. Mix 1t with water, about a
peck Of SCOT to barrel Of water, and apply
with a watering pot.
Cider vinegar may be quickly made. when
the cider is pure, by removing the latter to
high temperature and pouring from one
barrel to another, to bring 1t into more direct
contact with the mir
The nearer the freezing point the cellar
can be maintained without actually endan-
geripg the stored fruit the better for apples.
Heat and light do more damage than cold.
Alternate freezing and thawing will soon de.
stroy fruit or vegetables.
OF the varieties Of ducks the Pekin stand
confinement best, but they are not MS tame
as the common kinds. They grow very
large, often reaching eight or nine pounds
each, and yield feathers of white color and
equal to those Of the goose.
A North Carolina farmer has silo built
ON top of the ground of heavy. plank. It
has double walls, four inches apart, filled
with earth to exclude the air. The ensilage
is covered with boards and the boards COW
cred with earth, an ordinary roof keeping
off the rain. It is 13x16 feet, and cost only
$50.
Flour Of sulphur is the great remedy en-.
ployed In Canada to check mildew on grape
vines, but the National Agricultural Society
of France, in its session OF a few weeks ago,
brought into prominence another remedy,
which M. Pasteur says Is so efectual that
the inventor should be discovered IL posi-.
BILE, and suitable reward conferred upon
him. The remedy Ia a mixture Of milk and
lime and sulphate Of copper.
Iron Is an important part Of the blood
giving its red color, but this does not neces.
eitate taking solutions Of iron for health,
All well-developed vegetation contains some
iron. It Is the coloring matter of green
leaves. In soils from which every trace OF
iron has been removed seeds will germinate,
but they win be white. Pouring solution
Of copperas Or sulphate Of iron on the soil
will change the color OF the leaves TO q dark
green color.
Colorado has 800 miles of first class irri
eating canals, $500 miles Of secondary
canals and 40, 900 miles Of smaller bitches,
which have cost in the aggregate about gil, !.
600, 900 and win irrigate 2,20O, 900 acres
The largest canal is taken from the Re
del Norte. II 10 98 feet wide at the top and
65 feet at the bottom, with q carrying ca
pacity Of 207, 200, 900 cubic feet per diem.
The main line is so miles long and is design
ed to irrigate 100000 acres. II was con.
structed in four months by 5000 men and
1900 teams.
A cross Of the Dorking and Brahma makes
excellent capons. They should be Matched
rs early as possible and kept until fully
grown. The best time to sell is In February
and March, during which periods the prices
are often as high as fifty cents per pound,
while choice capons will weight from twelve
to fourteen pounds each. The proper cross.
es should be used in order to produce larg.
capons. Leghorns, Hamburgs black Span.
ish and other small breeds are worthless
as capons. Only the large breeds should be
used
Without doubt the greatest and most
common loss in team management is from
keeping poor horses unable at any time to
do o full days work. It is the most difficult,
thing possible for many farmers to get the
idea into their heads that horse capable Of
doing but little Is yalueless An old, worn
ont horse will always sell for something, no
matter how poor he may be, and always for
o greater price in proportion to his value
when most worthless. For farm purposes,
with the dear wages now paid to farm help,
It does not require much deduction from q
full days team work each day to mako up
the value Of first class team in every no.
spect.
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